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Definition 2024


U+574A, 坊
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-574A

[U+5749]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+574B]
See also:

Translingual

Han character

(radical 32 +4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 土卜竹尸 (GYHS), four-corner 40127, composition)

  1. neighborhood, urban subdivision
  2. lane (as in a street name)
  3. memorial archway
  4. a surname
  5. piazza; square
  6. workshop

References

  • KangXi: page 225, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4924
  • Dae Jaweon: page 459, character 27
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 427, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+574A
  • in CEDICT on MDBG

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*paːŋ
*paːŋʔ, *praːŋs, *braːŋ
*paːŋʔ, *braːŋ
*paːŋʔ
*paːŋʔ, *paːŋs, *baːŋ
*paːŋs, *braːŋ
*paːŋs, *paŋs
*paːŋs
*pʰaːŋ
*pʰaːŋ, *pʰraːŋ
*pʰaːŋ
*pʰaːŋ
*pʰaːŋ
*pʰaːŋʔ, *baːŋ
*baːŋ, *pʰaŋʔ
*baːŋ, *paŋ, *paŋs
*baːŋ, *baŋ
*baːŋ, *braːŋ
*baːŋ, *praːŋ, *braːŋ
*baːŋ, *baːŋs
*baːŋ
*baːŋ
*baːŋs
*praːŋ
*praːŋ
*praːŋ
*paŋ, *baŋ
*paŋ
*paŋ, *baŋ
*paŋ, *pʰaŋs
*paŋ
*paŋ
*paŋ
*paŋ, *baŋ
*paŋ, *baŋ
*paŋ
*paŋʔ
*paŋʔ
*paŋʔ, *paŋs
*paŋʔ
*pʰaŋ
*pʰaŋ
*pʰaŋ, *pʰaŋs
*pʰaŋʔ
仿 *pʰaŋʔ
*pʰaŋʔ
*pʰaŋʔ
*pʰaŋs
*baŋ, *baŋs
*baŋ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (3) (1)
Final () (106) (106)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/bʉɐŋ/ /pʉɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/bʷiɐŋ/ /pʷiɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/biuɑŋ/ /piuɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/buaŋ/ /puaŋ/
Li
Rong
/biuaŋ/ /piuaŋ/
Wang
Li
/bĭwaŋ/ /pĭwaŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/bʱiwaŋ/ /piwaŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fáng fāng
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
fáng
Middle
Chinese
‹ bjang ›
Old
Chinese
/*[b]aŋ/
English dike

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 3025 3054
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*paŋ/ /*baŋ/
Notes

Definitions

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Japanese

See also -坊

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. Monk's residence
  2. Monk
  3. Boy, "sonny"
  4. City precinct

Readings


Korean

Hanja

(bang) (hangeul , revised bang, McCune-Reischauer pang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(phường, phương)

  1. Hán tự form of phường, “ward”